Onshore wind and solar energy

Early day motion 153, tabled 10 February 2020 by Caroline Lucas (Green). Signed by 20 members.

That this House welcomes the May 2019 recommendation of the Committee on Climate Change that the cheapest renewables, onshore wind and solar, should have a Government backed route to market; recognises that the deployment of renewables needs to be accelerated through the 2020s in order to deliver net-zero emissions; notes that onshore wind and solar have been excluded from the Government’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) auctions since the first round in 2014; and calls on the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to ensure that future auction rounds are open to both technologies.

Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 5, Labour 4, Labour/Co-operative 3, Liberal Democrat 2, Plaid Cymru 2, DUP 1, Green 1, Independent 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.